Performance Management Specialist

About the Role:

We are looking for a Performance Management Specialist to join our dynamic People team and contribute to building a high-performance, feedback-driven culture. The ideal candidate will play a pivotal role in designing, executing, and continuously improving performance management processes that align with organizational goals and employee growth.
This role requires a highly structured, people-centric professional with a passion for process excellence and strong cross-functional collaboration, including working with tech, leadership, and people managers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end performance management cycles, including goal setting, monthly reviews, final appraisals, and continuous feedback processes.
• Design and implement succession planning frameworks to identify and develop high-potential talent and ensure leadership continuity.
• Drive competency planning initiatives to build role-based competencies aligned to business needs and growth pathways.
• Guide managers and employees in creating and tracking Individual Development Plans (IDPs) to support skill development and career progression.
• Partner with business leaders, managers, and HR teams to ensure timely goal submissions, appraisal discussions, and performance data accuracy.
• Design and deliver training for managers, HODs, and employees on performance management tools, feedback mechanisms, IDPs, and succession planning processes.
• Collaborate with HR systems teams to design and enhance performance management workflows in tools like Darwinbox (or similar platforms).
• Analyze performance data to provide actionable insights, trends, and department-specific recommendations to leadership.
• Prepare and share detailed performance reports, dashboards, and bell curve analyses for leadership and audit purposes.
• Drive process improvement initiatives to enhance the effectiveness and employee experience of the performance management system.
• Facilitate calibration and succession planning sessions with HODs and leadership to ensure fairness, consistency, and future-readiness.
• Lead the communication strategy for performance cycles, including reminders, process updates, and feedback collection.
• Collaborate with Learning & Development teams to align learning interventions to competency gaps and individual development needs.

Key Requirements:

• 2-6 years of experience in Performance Management, Talent Management, or a related HR function.
• Strong understanding of performance management cycles, frameworks, succession planning, competency mapping, and IDPs.
• Experience working with performance management systems (Darwinbox or similar tools preferred).
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and partner with senior leadership, managers, and cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in Google Sheets/Excel for data analysis and reporting; familiarity with performance dashboards.
• Strong presentation, training delivery, and communication skills.
• Ability to analyze performance data and translate insights into actionable strategies.
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Experience working in fast-paced, tech-driven organizations is a plus.

Preferred Attributes:

• Ownership mindset with a strong drive to deliver measurable impact.
• Process-oriented and adept at identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively across diverse teams.
• Prior experience in competency framework design, succession planning, or IDP implementation will be an added advantage.
• AI first mindset.

Location:

Hyderabad

Employment Type:

Full-Time